[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 106 (Friday, May 31, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 27281-27282]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13477]



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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

38 CFR Part 1

RIN 2900-AI06


National Cemeteries

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document amends Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 
national cemeteries regulations by eliminating provisions that simply 
restate statutory provisions of 38 U.S.C. 2306, 2400, 2401, 2402, 2407, 
and Chapter 83; by eliminating provisions that duplicate other 
regulations in 38 CFR 1.218-1.220, and by eliminating internal 
instructions not required to be published in the Federal Register.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 31, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ken Greenberg, Program Analyst, 
National Cemetery System, Executive Communications (402B1), Department 
of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, 
(202) 273-5179 (this is not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This final rule consists of nonsubstantive 
changes and, therefore, is not subject to the notice and comment and 
effective date provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553.
    The Secretary hereby certifies that this final rule will not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entitles 
as they are defined in the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601-
612. This final rule merely consists of nonsubstantive changes.

    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers for programs 
affected by this regulation are 64.201, 64.202 and 64.203.

List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 1

    Administrative practice and procedures, Cemeteries, Claims, 
Privacy, Security.

    Approved: May 17, 1996.
Jesse Brown,
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, 38 CFR part 1 is amended 
to read as follows:

PART 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    1. The authority citation for part 1 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), unless otherwise noted.

    2. The authority citation immediately preceding Secs. 1.600 to 
1.633 is revised to read as follows:

    Authority: Sections 1.601 to 1.633 issued under 38 U.S.C. 501, 
2306, chapter 24.


Sec. Sec. 1.600, 1.604, 1.631   [Removed]

    3. Sections 1.600, 1.604, and 1.631 are removed.


Sec. 1.601   [Amended]

    4. In Sec. 1.601, paragraph (a) is removed; and paragraphs (b) and 
(c) are redesignated as paragraphs (a) and (b), respectively.

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Sec. 1.603   [Amended]

    5. In Sec. 1.603, paragraphs (a) and (b) are removed; the paragraph 
designation (c) and its heading are removed; paragraphs (c)(1) and 
(c)(2) are redesignated as paragraphs (a) and (b), respectively; and 
newly redesignated paragraphs (a)(i), (a)(ii), (a)(iii), and (a)(iv) 
are redesignated as paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3) and (a)(4), 
respectively.
    6. Section 1.620 is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 1.620   Eligibility for burial.

    Section 2402 of title 38, United States Code, bestows eligibility 
for burial in any open cemetery in the National Cemetery System. The 
following rules in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this section state 
conditions in addition to those imposed by statute. To be eligible for 
burial in a national cemetery:
    (a) A United States citizen who served in an allied armed force, as 
provided in 38 U.S.C. 2402(4), must have been a citizen of the United 
States at the time of entry on such service and at the time of his or 
her death.
    (b) A minor child of an eligible person, as provided in 38 U.S.C. 
2402(5), must have been at the time of his or her death under 21 years 
old or under 23 years old if pursuing a course of instruction at an 
approved educational institution.
    (c) An unmarried adult child of an eligible person, as provided in 
38 U.S.C. 2402(5), must have been physically or mentally disabled and 
incapable of self support.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 2402)


Sec. 1.630   [Amended]

    7. In Sec. 1.630, paragraph (b) is amended by removing the second 
and third sentences.

[FR Doc. 96-13477 Filed 5-30-96; 8:45 am]
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